@article{e6c1af76867c4ad2b0b918ab3522c9de,
title = "Relationship between whole blood serotonin and repetitive behaviors in autism",
abstract = "This study was conducted to examine the relationship between whole blood serotonin level and behavioral symptoms in 78 subjects with autism. No significant associations were found between serotonin level and the primary behavioral outcome measures. However, a significant inverse relationship between serotonin level and self-injury was demonstrated.",
keywords = "Aggression, Autism, Repetitive behavior, Self-injury, Serotonin",
author = "Alexander Kolevzon and Newcorn, {Jeffrey H.} and Lauren Kryzak and William Chaplin and Dryden Watner and Eric Hollander and Smith, {Christopher J.} and Cook, {Edwin H.} and Silverman, {Jeremy M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the AACAP/Eli Lily Young Investigator Award (Dr. Kolevzon), the Seaver Autism Center (Drs. Hollander and Silverman), and the National Institute of Mental Health through a STAART grant (U54 MH 066673). Dr. Hollander also receives support from the Orphan Products Division of the Food and Drug Administration grant #FD-R-001520-01-03, and an investigator initiated research grant from Lilly Research Labs. Dr. Cook receives support from the Jean Young and Walden W. Shaw Foundation and The Daniel X. & Mary Freedman Foundation for Academic Psychiatry.",
year = "2010",
month = feb,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1016/j.psychres.2009.02.008",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "175",
pages = "274--276",
journal = "Psychiatry Research",
issn = "0165-1781",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
number = "3",
}
